Health + Behavior

The findings of this study could lead to the creation of new treatments for speech problems in people, including children with autism.

The effort helps people continue getting good treatment after they get out of jail — and helps make sure they stay on their anti-HIV medications.

UCLA Anderson’s Elisa Long, informed by personal experience, parses data to help those mulling mastectomy and gynecological surgeries to reduce cancer risk.

UCLA neuroscientist encourages the use of exercises to challenge people with obsessive compulsive disorder to confront what bothers them most.

The UCLA-led study will help scientists better understand the debilitating condition.

The $2 million gift augments the Shapiro Family Foundation’s previous giving to the school, which created a scholarship and established an endowment to fund programs in disability studies.

The UCLA-led research suggests that the ‘unexpected’ reason is a jump in heart disease risk for whites.

Compared with mice that did not receive an experimental drug called CSA13, mice treated with the drug were significantly more likely to survive the infection and had lower rates of weight loss.

Class of 2018 medical students across the country learned which hospital has accepted them for residency, or advanced training in their chosen specialty.

The focus of the program, which is designed for working professionals, is to translate research into advanced clinical practice.

Three fact sheets recommend that legislators enact changes to help patients and survivors — particularly low-income women — who face serious obstacles to care.

UCLA chemistry professor helped develop Erleada, which was recently approved by the FDA for treating an especially lethal form of prostate cancer.

Story of altruistic organ donor acts as tipping point for son’s decision to donate a kidney to his ailing father.

The new method uses 'nanospears' to deliver genes directly to patient cells. Gene therapy has shown great promise as a treatment for a host of diseases, including hemophilia and certain types of cancer.

Approximately 505,000 hip replacements and 723,000 knee replacements were performed in the U.S. in 2014.

Conditions such as higher blood pressure and glucose levels were especially pronounced among older homeowners and people still in the work force.

The study appears to be the first to underscore significant clinical differences between men and women with the condition, and points to the need for different treatment approaches to address these varied symptoms.

The scientists have shown in their research on mice that increasing levels of a protein could make immune cells more effective at fighting disease.

The research is the first of its kind to compare results between radiotherapy treatments that are higher than the standard dose and traditional treatments, such as radiation and prostatectomy.

The gift will providing resources for early-career scientists pursuing discoveries in the understanding and treatment of irritable bowel disease.

UCLA researchers discovered that these patients had a number of unmet psychological and health information needs, particularly during the first three months after their diagnoses.

If the findings are replicated, measuring levels of interleukin 6 could help doctors decide which patients with depression would be best suited for treatment with ECT.

Dr. Lee Miller shared the stories that shaped his professional life during a special lecture for the UCLA medical student chapter of the Gold Humanism Honor Society.

The psychology professor says women can tap into their “uniquely female power” to make life decisions — decisions that will help them to choose mates, avoid danger, compete with female rivals and produce healthy children.

Players, coaches and the Laker Girls put a little fun in the hospital experience by shooting hoops, playing games and working on arts and crafts projects with patients.